such votes, as if under a divine inspiration, they began shortly after to fawn upon Macro and Laco.  They gave them great sums of money and to Laco the honors of ex-quaestors, while to Macro they extended the honors of ex-praetors.  Similarly[6] they allowed them also to view spectacles in their company and to wear the toga praetextata at the ludi votivi.  The men did not accept these privileges, however, for the recent example served as a deterrent.  Nor would Tiberius take any honor bestowed, though many were voted him, chief among them being that he should begin from this time to be termed Father of his Country and that his birthday should be marked by ten equestrian contests and a senatorial banquet.  Indeed, he gave notice anew that no one should introduce any such motion.—­These were the events happening in the capital.

[-13-] Tiberius for a time had certainly been in great fear that Sejanus would occupy the City and sail against him, and so he had prepared boats, to the end that, if anything of the sort should come to pass, he might escape.  He had commanded Macro,—­or so some say,—­if there should be any uprising to bring Drusus before the senate and the people and appoint him emperor.

When he learned that his enemy was dead, he rejoiced, as was natural, yet would not receive the embassy sent to congratulate him, though many members of the senate and many of the knights and of the populace had been despatched, as before.  Indeed he even rebuffed the consul Regulus, who had always been devoted to his interests and had come in accordance with the emperor’s own commands to see about his being conveyed in safety to the City.

[-14-] Thus perished Sejanus, who had attained greater power than those who obtained his office before or after him (save Plautianus).  His relatives, his associates, and all the rest who had paid court to him and had moved that honors be granted him were brought to trial.  The majority of them were convicted for the acts that had previously made them objects of envy; and their fellow-citizens condemned them for the measures which they themselves had previously voted.  Numbers of men who had been tried on various charges and acquitted were again accused and convicted on the ground that they had been saved the first time as a favor to the deceased.  Accordingly, if no other complaint could be brought against a person, the statement that he had been a friend of Sejanus served to convict him,—­as if, forsooth, Tiberius himself had not been friendly with him, and caused others to become interested for his sake.  Among those who laid information in this way were the men who were wont to pay court to Sejanus.  Inasmuch as they knew thoroughly those who were in the same position, they had no great trouble either in finding them out or securing their conviction.  So they, expecting to save themselves by doing this, and to obtain honors and money besides, accused others or else bore witness against them.  But it proved